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The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: Challenges and Opportunities for ASEAN and East Asia

In: Dynamism of East Asia and RCEP: The Framework for Regional Integration

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  • Fukunari Kimura

    (Keio University, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA))

  • Shujiro Urata

    (Waseda University, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA))

  • Shandre Mugan Thangavelu

    (Jeffrey Cheah Institute for Southeast Asia, Sunway University Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide)

  • Dionisius Narjoko

    (Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA))

Abstract

The chapter provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the largest global regional trading bloc, which came into force in January 2022. It highlights the importance of RCEP for pandemic and post-pandemic recovery of East Asia. It also summarises the chapters of the book, The Dynamism of East Asia and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP): The Framework for Regional Integration.

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  • Fukunari Kimura & Shujiro Urata & Shandre Mugan Thangavelu & Dionisius Narjoko, 2022. "The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: Challenges and Opportunities for ASEAN and East Asia," Chapters, in: Fukunari Kimura & Shujiro Urata & Shandre Mugan Thangavelu & Dionisius Narjoko (ed.), Dynamism of East Asia and RCEP: The Framework for Regional Integration, chapter 1, pages 1-11, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).
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